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Quick Hits | ‘trAPPed’ by Anand RK, Suparna Sharma + Natalie Obiko Pearson wins a Pulitzer Prize

Plus: News on the Minicomics Awards, Nicole Hollander, Len Strazewski and more.

“trAPPed” by artist Anand RK and reporters Suparna Sharma and Natalie Obiko Pearson has won the Pulitzer Prize in the Illustrated Reporting and Commentary category.

Published by Bloomberg, “trAPPed” highlighted the case of a neurologist in India who was trapped by cybercriminals through what’s described as “digital arrest,” which is when a scammer impersonates law enforcement and psychologically “trap” victims by keeping them under continuous phone surveillance. The comic uses vertical scroll to tell the story and was published by Bloomberg last year.

The other finalists in the category this year were Adolfo Arranz, Poppy McPherson, Devjyot Ghoshal and Han Huang of Reuters for “Scammed into Scamming;” Ivan Ehlers for his work at the L.A. Times; and Peter Kuper for “a portfolio of vibrant and wordless political cartoons on the climate crisis, politics and emerging technology rendered with a fresh perspective and a unique approach to visual storytelling.”

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Ram V + Anand RK resurrect a cult classic DC character

‘Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma’ brings Mitch Shelley back to life for a six-issue Black Label series.

Ram V, Anand RK and Butch Guice are bringing Resurrection Man back to life in a Black Label series coming from DC in April. They’ll be joined by colorist Mike Spicer and letterer Aditya Bidikar for Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma.

This six-issue prestige series brings back Mitch Shelley, the Resurrection Man. Originally created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and Guice, Shelley debuted in 1997 in an ongoing series that lasted 27 issues. Abnett and Lanning later resurrected the character as a part of DC’s New 52 initiative, but that series only lasted 13 issues. The Resurrection Man has lived thousands of lives throughout history, mingling with Vandal Savage and the Immortal Man along the way, and each time he’s resurrected he gains a new super power based on his cause of death.

“This is a story I’ve wanted to tell since I first started writing for DC,” said Ram V. “It’s lingered and stayed and got its hooks into my mind and my love and excitement for the character and story has only grown. Part of the joy of writing comics for me, is getting to reinvent, reimagine characters in a way that speaks to my own preoccupations and joys; with Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma, I hope readers will share in my excitement as Anand, Mike and Aditya and I tell a story of endless lifetimes, saving universes and falling in love, spanning the length of all existence.”

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